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The VOLANTE.
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Published monthly by the Students' Association of the University of
Dakota.
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BOARD OF EDITORS:
Sanctum and Reviews: AGNES L. TRUE, '89
FRANK E. GOODELL, '89.
Literary and Miscellany: ROBERT L. FORWARD, '89.
Exchanges and Collegedom: FLORENCE E. SMITH, '92.
Locals: E. H. HOLMAN, '92; FANNY A. AYERS, '92.
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BUSINESS MANAGERS:
FRANK J. MUENCH, '90; VERNIE H. FAUSS, '89; F. FALKENSTRIN, '92.
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AGNES L. TRUE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF.
FRANK J. MUENCH, BUSINESS MANAGER.
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TERMS — $1.00 per year. Single copies, 15 cents.
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Entered at the Post-office, at Vermillion, as second-class mail matter.
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SANCTUM.
The second contest of the Dakota Collegiate
Oratorical Association has been held; that
the U. of D. took no very active part was our
own fault, and we have no desire to ascribe
the blame to others. We freely admitted that
our orator was wholly blameworthy in not sending
in his oration, till four days after the specified
time; but, notwithstanding the delay, the
oration had been submitted to the judges, and
had received their markings, and it was therefore
manifest that no real interference with the
modus operandi of the association had been
caused; on these grounds, therefore, we requestd
that by the courtesy of the association, the orator
be permitted to carry out his part. A mere
technicality stood in the way of his admission
—a technicality the waiving of which could in
no wise have injured the association, but would
have evinced a fraternal feeling entirely worthy
such a society. Such courtesy, however, the
oonvention did not see fit to extend; and as it
had the letter of the law on its side, nothing remained
for the U. of D. but to submit to her
fate as gracefully as she might. The fact that
action on the matter was not taken until after
the arrival of our delegation, nearly two hundred
in number, at Sioux Falls, was unfortunate,
but unavoidable. Rather late in the day comes
the intelligence that the omission of our quartette
from the program was not, as everyone had
supposed, an intentional slight, but was due to
the defective memory of the president of the association,
who, although he himself had, some
time prior to the contest, requested the young
ladies to sing, in making out the program entirely
forgot that fact. This assurance is certainly
gratifying, as we have been considerably
mystified in regard to the cause of the act.
The field-day sports, instituted this year in
connection with the oratorical contest, contributed
much to the interest of the occasion. A
more lively interest in athletics is already
aroused in Dakota colleges, and we feel confident
that the annual inter-collegiate field-day is
destined to become of almost equal importance
with the oratorical contest.
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There were many incidents connected with
the Sioux Falls contests which seemed to indicate
anything but a spirit of friendliness on the
part of the other colleges toward the University
of Dakota. We have referred to the Shylock
manner in which our orator was treated and
our position in regard to this. We cannot but
think that had there been a cordial and friendly
feeling toward us we would have been allowed a

The VOLANTE.
--------------------
Published monthly by the Students' Association of the University of
Dakota.
--------------------
BOARD OF EDITORS:
Sanctum and Reviews: AGNES L. TRUE, '89
FRANK E. GOODELL, '89.
Literary and Miscellany: ROBERT L. FORWARD, '89.
Exchanges and Collegedom: FLORENCE E. SMITH, '92.
Locals: E. H. HOLMAN, '92; FANNY A. AYERS, '92.
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BUSINESS MANAGERS:
FRANK J. MUENCH, '90; VERNIE H. FAUSS, '89; F. FALKENSTRIN, '92.
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AGNES L. TRUE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF.
FRANK J. MUENCH, BUSINESS MANAGER.
--------------------
TERMS — $1.00 per year. Single copies, 15 cents.
--------------------
Entered at the Post-office, at Vermillion, as second-class mail matter.
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--------------------
SANCTUM.
The second contest of the Dakota Collegiate
Oratorical Association has been held; that
the U. of D. took no very active part was our
own fault, and we have no desire to ascribe
the blame to others. We freely admitted that
our orator was wholly blameworthy in not sending
in his oration, till four days after the specified
time; but, notwithstanding the delay, the
oration had been submitted to the judges, and
had received their markings, and it was therefore
manifest that no real interference with the
modus operandi of the association had been
caused; on these grounds, therefore, we requestd
that by the courtesy of the association, the orator
be permitted to carry out his part. A mere
technicality stood in the way of his admission
—a technicality the waiving of which could in
no wise have injured the association, but would
have evinced a fraternal feeling entirely worthy
such a society. Such courtesy, however, the
oonvention did not see fit to extend; and as it
had the letter of the law on its side, nothing remained
for the U. of D. but to submit to her
fate as gracefully as she might. The fact that
action on the matter was not taken until after
the arrival of our delegation, nearly two hundred
in number, at Sioux Falls, was unfortunate,
but unavoidable. Rather late in the day comes
the intelligence that the omission of our quartette
from the program was not, as everyone had
supposed, an intentional slight, but was due to
the defective memory of the president of the association,
who, although he himself had, some
time prior to the contest, requested the young
ladies to sing, in making out the program entirely
forgot that fact. This assurance is certainly
gratifying, as we have been considerably
mystified in regard to the cause of the act.
The field-day sports, instituted this year in
connection with the oratorical contest, contributed
much to the interest of the occasion. A
more lively interest in athletics is already
aroused in Dakota colleges, and we feel confident
that the annual inter-collegiate field-day is
destined to become of almost equal importance
with the oratorical contest.
--------------------
There were many incidents connected with
the Sioux Falls contests which seemed to indicate
anything but a spirit of friendliness on the
part of the other colleges toward the University
of Dakota. We have referred to the Shylock
manner in which our orator was treated and
our position in regard to this. We cannot but
think that had there been a cordial and friendly
feeling toward us we would have been allowed a